Building a 27-Year Partnership: How Pearl Street Dental Partners Preserves Private Practice Culture in Group Dentistry
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Group Dentistry Now Show: The Voice of the DSO Industry
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Who are the co‑founders of Pearl Street Dental Partners and what are their backgrounds?
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Hey everyone, welcome to the Group Dentistry Now show. I'm Bill Newman and as always we appreciate you checking in. Um and we've had a ton of podcasts that we've recorded uh lately and uh had a have had um had to try and get through all those and it's been been great, just tons of great conversation. And uh this is gonna be really, I think, an interesting conversation for a couple of different reasons. We have Two co founders here. One comes from the business side of things. He's a he's a lawyer. Uh, and then the other is a clinician. And it's gonna be interesting to um David, who's the CEO, the lawyer, um, you know, claims that uh he and Robbie, the clinician, are an old married couple. So uh I I really kind of like that that um setup and we'll get get to know them a
lot better and and the organization that they built over a long period of time. So we have uh David Nies, who's the CEO of Pearl Street Dental Partners, along with Dr. Robbie Jennings, who is the chief clinical officer. They're both co-founders and really a pleasure to have you both here.
Oh, thanks for having us. Thrilled to thrilled to be here. Yeah. Um at that I'm my joke about being an old married couple, we definitely uh finish each other's sentences and uh after twenty seven years of doing this together, feel like we kind of share the same brain sometimes. But uh between the two of us we should be able to get you some answers today.
Awesome. Yeah, this is this will be great. And why don't we start with you, David, a little bit about your background and then Robbie, any a little bit about yours.
Yeah. Um so you mentioned I'm a lawyer. I'm I'm a recovering attorney. Um been recovering for for twenty six years from a a two year legal career. Um I got into dentistry very randomly. Um Wanted my career to be about taking care of people. Um, got this idea, uh, about something that might work and dental and God really smiled on me by putting uh doctor Jennings in my path early on and we became best friends and business partners and been doing this ever since.
Thanks, David. How about you, Robbie? What's your story?
Yeah, uh Dr. Robbie Jennings. Uh I graduated from Baylor Dental School back when it was Baylor in the late nineties. And uh shortly after graduating, kind of cross paths with David. Um, I'd gotten a little taste of corporate dentistry as it was in the nineties and and knew that wasn't something that I thought was very attractive for young doctors. And so uh he and I got together and started kind of hatching a plan to um kind of changed the the path for young doctors as they got into ownership and and different options for them. Um I still practice. I practice out in Tyler, Texas, out in East Texas. I'm a general dentist. Uh and then David and I have done this together for twenty seven years and uh it's been just a fantastic partnership that we
We try to replicate every chance we get.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who are the co‑founders of Pearl Street Dental Partners and what are their backgrounds?
0:03–9:05
2
How did David and Robbie first meet and decide to start Pearl Street in 1999?
9:05–15:53
3
What was the significance of the 2019 private‑equity transaction and the re‑branding to Pearl Street?
15:53–24:24
4
How does Pearl Street choose culturally aligned partners and preserve practice autonomy?
24:24–32:06
5
What is Pearl Street’s partnership model (JV, de novo, M&A) and how does it differ from typical DSOs?
32:06–39:45
6
How does the Doctor Academy and the LMS support younger clinicians and ongoing education?
39:45–43:32
7
What are Pearl Street’s growth plans for the next 24‑36 months and new geographic expansion?
43:32–44:29
8
How can listeners learn more or get in touch with Pearl Street Dental Partners?
44:29–45:03
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